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- Patent Title: Method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system, laboratory sample distribution system and laboratory automation system
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Application No.: US15809032Application Date: 2017-11-10
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Publication No.: US11092613B2Publication Date: 2021-08-17
- Inventor: Mohammadreza Mahmudimanesh , Sophia Bruntsch , Soraya Garcia Bustos , Walter Ebner , Shubin Ren , Mohsin Reza , Daniel Diez Diaz-Calonge
- Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Priority: EP15168783 20150522
- Main IPC: G01N35/04
- IPC: G01N35/04 ; G01N35/00

Abstract:
A method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The laboratory sample distribution system comprises a number of sample container carriers. The sample container carriers are adapted to carry one or more sample containers. The sample containers comprise samples to be analyzed by a number of laboratory stations. The laboratory sample distribution system also comprises a transport plane. The transport plane is adapted to support the sample container carriers. The method comprises allocating an area of the transport plane as a buffer area. The buffer area is adapted to store a variable number of sample container carriers. The method also comprises controlling the buffer area using a puzzle-based control scheme or using an aisle-based control scheme as a function of a storage density of the buffer area.
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